Hello Chad,
During setup there is a checkbox to opt out of auto-activating your machine
after three days..
The box is checked by default so you would have to deselect it during setup
to not atttempt to auto-activate.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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|>I thought that was the default Darrell, in any install of RTM/ and
possibly
|>prior builds prior to activation.
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|>CH
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|>""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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|>> Hello,
|>> This should work.
|>> It is listed in the volume step by step guide but should apply to retail
|>> activation as well:
|>>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/win...n/volact1.mspx
|>>
|>> To disable automatic activation attempts, change the registry value
|>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\
|>> CurrentVersion\SL\Activation\Manual to 1.
|>>
|>> Thanks,
|>> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
|>>
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|>> |>Thank you for the speedy response. Is there any way of doing that
|>> without
|>> |>running through the installation process again?
|>> |>
|>> |>
|>> |>"techieguy" wrote:
|>> |>
|>> |>> In windows vista, I want to force the automatic activation to delay
|>> for
|>> the
|>> |>> full 30 days. I need more than three days to familiarize myself
with
|>> this
|>> |>> software, and don't want to acivate it on my test machine. How do I
do
|>> that?
|>> |>>
|>> |>> Glen
|>> |>
|>>
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